“How does money connect us?” is a full unit of work suitable for key stage three geography. Inside you’ll find 8 easy to follow lessons, plus homework tasks, an end of unit assessment and marking criteria. Each lesson begins with “Do Now” style tasks helping you to settle the class. New learning is followed by independent tasks, talk and share activities and opportunities for application and reflection. The unit also includes guidance notes and a learning journey. Lesson titles: What is the economy? How have employment patterns changed? How does buying makeup connect us to child labour? Where is the best place to locate a factory? Why did Rolls Royce locate in the UK? How has globalisation accelerated? What are the impacts of tertiary sector growth? Can you play the trading game? Homework tasks: Key terms quiz Where does my stuff come from? Revision clock

“How do cities evolve?” is a full unit of work suitable for key stage three geography. Inside you’ll find 9 easy to follow lessons, plus homework tasks, an end of unit assessment and marking criteria. Each lesson begins with “Do Now” style tasks helping you to settle the class. New learning is followed by independent tasks, talk and share activities and opportunities for application and reflection. The unit also includes guidance notes and a learning journey. Lessons included: What is a settlement? Site and situation Land use zones in cities Can we build a city? (Lesson based on homework task) Where should we build more houses? Megacities - is bigger always better? Living in megacities Can cities be sustainable? Re-designing urban areas (This lesson is based on the annual competition run by MEMF with further guidance notes found here: https://memf.careers/) Homework tasks: Create a model building for a city Key terms to learn Revision clock

“An introduction to population” is a full unit of work suitable for key stage three geography. Inside you’ll find 6 easy to follow lessons, plus homework tasks, an end of unit assessment and marking criteria. Each lesson begins with “Do Now” style tasks helping you to settle the class. New learning is followed by independent tasks, talk and share activities and opportunities for application and reflection. The unit also includes guidance notes and a learning journey. Lessons included: How has global population changed? Where is everyone? Why are populations growing faster in some places than others? Can we predict how populations will change over time? What do population pyramids show? Are we facing a demographic timebomb? Homework tasks: Key terms to learn Draw a population pyramid Revision clock Plus an assessment mark scheme.

“Changing China” is a full unit of work suitable for key stage three geography. Inside you’ll find 10 easy to follow lessons, plus homework tasks, an end of unit assessment and marking criteria. Each lesson begins with “Do Now” style tasks helping you to settle the class. New learning is followed by independent tasks, talk and share activities and opportunities for application and reflection. There are also relevant doucmentaries and question/answer worksheets included. The unit also includes guidance notes and a learning journey. Lessons: Introducing China China’s population distribution China’s changing population Ageing population How China got rich What is the BRI? Megacity Shenzhen Living in rural China Environmental concerns The Three Gorges Dam BONUS - Tourism in China Homework tasks: Key terms to learn and follow up quiz Guided reading: Meanwhile elsewhere in…Germany Revision clock Assessment questions and mark scheme You can also find a full playlist of the lessons on Youtube designed for you to share to students needing to work from home or if they need to catch up on work missed. They will allow students to follow along with the resources provided.

“Rivers and Flooding” is a full unit of work suitable for key stage three geography. Inside you’ll find 9 easy to follow lessons, plus homework tasks, an end of unit assessment and marking criteria. Each lesson begins with “Do Now” style tasks helping you to settle the class. New learning is followed by independent tasks, talk and share activities and opportunities for application and reflection. The unit also includes guidance notes and a learning journey. Lessons include: What is a drainage basin? How do drainage basins work? What work do rivers do? How does a river change from source to mouth? What landforms are found along a river? Why is the River Danube important? What happens when there is too much water? Could our school flood? (Fieldwork enquiry in school grounds) How can flooding be managed? Homework tasks: Key terms Revision clock Plus a full assessment and mark scheme.

Do you ever see a specific event and think “If only I knew about that beforehand, I could have shared that with my students”? Well I’ve got your back! This free 1 page PDF calendar showcases global and national awareness days with a direct link to Geography in 2024. These awareness days are useful as a basis for topical assemblies, extra-curricular clubs or as opportunities to bring something different to your classroom.